[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16522]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRATULATING MARY PATRICIA HECTOR

  (Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize an everyday 
hero, a young constituent of mine who has set an example we would all 
do well to follow.
  Mary Patricia Hector, a 15-year-old from Lithonia, Georgia, refused 
to sit idly by while children across the Nation died in playgrounds, 
while funerals outnumbered graduation ceremonies, and where violence 
beget more violence.
  Mary Pat channeled her outrage into a campaign to combat youth gun 
violence aptly named Think Twice. Her campaign encourages youths to 
think twice before picking up a gun. Mary Pat's work earned her the 
Peace First Prize, a prestigious peace-making award. I am proud of her 
achievements, and I am glad to have the privilege of representing her.
  Like those before me, I also pray that my good friend from Missouri, 
former Chairman Ike Skelton, rest in peace.

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